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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in blended learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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